ASIN: B077Q9FFTH
Publisher: Lume Books
Pages: 837
An in-depth look like no other…From 1957-1963, Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative party. A statesman like no other, Macmillan’s time in government was marked by success and marred by scandals.After thirty years since his time, Cabinet papers and other private papers are in the public eye...Armed with the new disclosed information and hindsight prospective, Richard Lamb takes an in-depth look and asks the question: were the Macmillan years successful overall – or did they do more harm than good for future generations?Taking on different aspects of Macmillan’s premiership, Lamb carefully puzzles together an accurate and unbiased biography of Macmillan’s political career. From the fraught negotiations of entering the UK to EEC and de Gaulle’s bombshell veto, the special relationship between the US and the UK (covering both Eisenhower and JFK’s ...
